This statement of Kaif also appears to be true. In fact, the off-spinners of the opposing teams are doing wonders against the formidable batsmen of India. Due to right-arm off-spin, Indian batsmen are getting troubled and collapsing.
To bring balance in the team, right hand batsman Sanju Samson should be given a chance, because by not doing so, now they are giving opportunities to the opposing teams. Due to the presence of more left-handers, the opposing teams do not have to do extra preparation.
Mohammad Kaif
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Surya Kumar Yadav should be promoted to number 3, so that three left-handers do not come consecutively. The monotony of three left-handers in the top three should be broken. Don’t change too much, but bring balance.
Irfan Pathan
Indian cricketers play spin well, but in this World Cup, players are facing problems against off-spinners. In fact, due to finger spin, the risk of players missing cue and LBW increases. Indian teams are continuously targeting it. From Namibia to Netherlands everyone troubled India with this.
Pakistan had bowled 18 overs against India only with the spinners. Apart from this, some pitches are also slow, which is helping spin bowling and the bad batsmen are falling prey to them. They put pressure on the Indian batsmen and make them make mistakes. India’s assistant coach Ryan Ten also said after the match with Africa that teams are throwing finger spin against us because of left handers. We have to prepare against this.
Indian team management will have to change the pattern of left handed batsmen.
Abhishek Sharma: Abhishek Sharma is going through his worst phase till now, he has played 4 out of 5 matches in the tournament and has been out at 0 thrice. Against Africa, he hit a couple of good shots, but in an effort to score fast runs, he got caught by Corbin Bosch off Johnson’s ball.
Ishaan Kishan: Kishan had batted well in the group matches, especially his memorable inning of 77 runs against Pakistan, apart from this he had also shown a good game against Namibia. But against Africa he was out on 0. He is the second batsman in this tournament to score runs for India, the first being Surya Kumar Yadav.
Tilak Verma: Tilak Verma is being fielded at number 3, he has not yet contributed with his batting in the way that is expected from him. Even against South Africa, he was out on a personal score of just 1 run.
South Africa made India’s path to the semi-finals difficult by defeating India in the Super 8 match.
Shivam Dubey: Shivam Dubey is the only good batsman who has been scoring runs continuously for the last 4 matches, although he was out for 0 against USA, but after that he has contributed for the team by scoring 23, 27,66 and 42 runs.
Rinku Singh: Rinku Singh is coming to bat at number 7, by the time he comes on the field, India is out of the match or there are only one or two overs left in the innings, he hits one or two good shots, but by then the innings is over, Rinku had a chance against Africa, but he could not do anything special.
You are trying to be smarter in team selection. If there are more left-handers in the opposing team then an off-spinner is needed, but Akshar’s record against left-handers is very good. He should have got a chance.
Ajinkya Rahane